The Best Ideas Are Stolen

If you have not read Josh's blog yet, read his first. It'll make more sense.

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn’t matter if you knew me a little or a lot, if we’ve actually met in person or not, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.

Update: Up's and Down's

It's been a while since I've done an update. In fact I don't even remember if I have ever done one before. So mine as well start now and tell you what's going on in the life of Sean.

Up's

• BYU Football- Next season, the cougars are going to be ranked number 14. It's going to be a great year. We have 10 returning starters on our offense. Ten! Last year we were the MWC champs with a 11-2 run. This year I can see the Cougars as the best in the conference once again, and perhaps as an undefeated team.
• Lifeguarding- It's a great job and I'm getting quite a bit of money from it. Most of the people that work there are awesome and it's quite a fun job.
• Wimbledon- For tennis, it's the tournaments of tournaments. Tennis may not seem like a very fun sport to watch, but trust me. If you're a tennis player, the next couple of weeks are going to be awesome.

Down's

• Trek- For about three days, I'm going to be pulling handcarts day in and day out. It's probably going to suck. Ok, maybe I'm overexagerating. It'll probably be a great experience after it's all over. But until then, it's going to be pretty dificult.
• Future Lifeguarding- So far my job has been great. But sitting up on chairs for several hours a day is finally starting to become very annoying. I do need money, but it would be great if I wasn't sitting up in front of the hot sun melting away with boredom.

So overall, summer's been great. I'm kind of anxious though. A month has past away already and this is basically my second to last summer vacation. After high school I'll probably be working almost full time and hardly having time to do anything. Maybe it won't be too bad. But either way, I hope I make this summer a great one.

One Heck of a Miracle

Last Friday, I was lifeguarding at the pool and was just about finished for the day. One thing that I still had to do was to collect all of the basketballs floating around in the pool. Well, this particular job just sucks because if the basketball aren't close enough to the edge, you have jump into the cold pool, and get out without having a towel to dry yourself. So anyways, that night, the ball was so close and I was sick of being lazy, waiting for it to come to my reach. So I jumped in and got it. Unfortunately, like Jordan, I forgot that I had my phone with me. But it was in my zipped up bag so I didn't think it got that wet.

But I was wrong. It slowly started dying on me for the rest of the night. It didn't look too bad and I really thought it would start working. But later that night, my poor Samsung SGH-A707 passed away. It was a pretty sad night. So I did the last thing I could do. Took the phone, put it right next to a fan, and hoped for the best. But how in the world would a phone come back to life? Well, I guess I'm not always right. The next day I tried it out, and it worked! How a phone comes back to life, I have no clue, but it was AWESOME! I'm just one lucky guy I guess.

Crisis

This picture right here is a picture of a pole in my basement showing my height on February 24, 2008 (ok I know it doesn't seem like much of a crisis now but you'll see where I'm going with this). It's about 5' 9". So the other day I was in the basement with my dad and I was curious to see how much I had grown since then. So I put my back against the board, being pretty excited to see the progress in my growing and then all of a sudden this excitement was interrupted when my dad said, "You're exactly the same."

Exactly the same? I rechecked it one more time and it was the same. I have not grown one bit! I'm still at the same stinkin' height of 5' 9''. It's been about three and a half months, almost four since I last measured myself. I should've grown by then. Is this the end? Or am I hitting a long lull of growing? I don't want to be 5' 9" for the rest of my life! My dad's 6' tall. Am I going to be looking up to my dad forever? I thought I would at least reach his height and grow a little bit more after that. But I haven't even got close! I'm three inches shorter. What is the deal! Well I guess there is nothing I can do about it. Maybe I'll start growing again. If not, I guess I'll just have to live with being short...oh well.

A Burst of Happiness

Since I couldn't find the charger to my ipod (ok not really I just call it that, it's really just a cheap knock-off) I have sadly been without music for the past three months. It was a very sad time (if you want to shed a tear for me please feel free to do so). But yesterday I finally found it and I began to listen to sweet music once again. I couldn't believe how great it was! It was as if the angels began to sing hosana from the heavens above. However I seriously am in need of some new songs. There's a ton of songs I want, the problem is just getting them. But really, if there is anything that I am addicted to in this world, it's my ipod.

Just a little catchup

Once upon a time there was a boy name Sean who decided to read a bunch of the posts that he had missed during the great famine of reading/posting/commenting/all that stuff. One day he read one by Ali called 10 years ago. He then realized that he had been tagged and he said to himself "How rude. I didn't post back." He then posted on it. It went something like this...

10 years ago I was 6 in first grade with Mrs. Jorgensen. I don't remember anything about her except that she was old. I have a very bad memory and I don't remember anything about my first grade except that I went to school and I probably played soccer.

5 things to do today

1. Finish my English
2. Get some grub for my tennis party
3. Eat dinner
4. Just Chill
5. Go to bed cuz I'm pretty tired today

5 snacks that I enjoy

1. Chips and salsa
2. Cup of noodles (I've only had it once but it's my favorite and I desparately need some)
3. apples (that's right)
4. bannas
5. ice cream

What would I do if I was suddenly made a billionaire?

Who really cares. If I was a billionaire I could pretty much buy anything I wanted anytime I wanted to. But if you want to know what I would do first, I would buy a corvette.

5 places I have lived

1. Salt lake city
2. Farmington
3. out on the streets for a year
4. ok jk that's a lie
5. Ya, that's pretty much it.

5 jobs that I have had

1. I landscaped last summer. Awsome but tough
2. I helped take out carpet at someone's house
3. I guess I babysat a few times
4. Chores and getting allowence (don't know if that counts)
5. I'm lifeguarding this summer

5 things you don't know about me

1. I don't like to reveal my deep dark secrets
2. I had a skull fracture when I was 1 and barely escaped death-I'm very lucky
3. Writing posts takes me longer than it should
4. I love seinfield as much as the office (ok some people know that one)
5. I could eat all day

And I don't think anyone hasn't been tagged but your free to do it if you haven't.

Too Much TIME!

Hello it's me again. At the moment I have been more bored than I have ever been this year. I now have absolutely nothing else to do and have resorted to writing something that hopefully will get rid of that. I've always been busy this year doing one thing or another, especially that last couple of months with tennis and preparing for the ap euro test. I have now entered a huge transition from having everything to do, to having nothing to do. The torture is killing me! Anyways I have now posted for two consecutive days-marking the first consecutive two day posting of the year (hurray). But sadly this torture is killing me so much I can't even think of what to write about. Man, I am truly miserable. Sorry, guys. I hope I get out of this prison soon!

Quotes

There's nothing like a great quote. It seems like everyone has their favorite one memorized that they never forget. I know a lot of you guys have a list of your favorite quotes which I think is pretty cool. So I've decided to start my own. My list is very short so if you have one that you think is a good one, go ahead and tell it to me.

And while I'm talking about quotes, I want to share one of my favorite ones that I have so far. I got it from seminary, so sorry if I'm getting churchy on you. But it really is a great quote. It's by C. S. Lewis.

"No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. After all, you find out the strength of the German army by fighting against it, not by giving in. You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not lying down. A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it."

It's over!

Just to show how happy I am that AP Euro is over, I am going to write 100 things that describe this joyous, happy moment I am feeling right now.

1. Happy (understatement)

2. Exhilerated (much better)

3. Refreshed

4. Cheerful

5. Joyous

6. Pleased

7. Delighted

8. Gladsome

9. Freedom

10. Liberty

11. Awesome

12. Rejuvinated

13. Restored

14. Revitalized

15. Grateful

16. Thankful

17. Appreciative

18. Satisfied

19. Pleasant

20. Celebrative

21. Fabulous

22. Fantastic

23. Sensational

24. Splendid

25. Superb

26. Terrific

27. Wonderful

28. Great

29. Tiptop

30. Praise Allah

31. Cheerful

32. Festive

33. The Chains are broken

34. I'm out of jail

35. Amazed

36. Astounded

37. Incredible

38. Marvelous

39. Miraculous

40. Phenomenal

41. Stupendous

42. Unbelievable

43. Extramudane (and yes I'm using a thesaurus already)

44. Extrasensory (Don't know that one)

45. Metaphysical (Or that)

46. Superhuman

47. Unearthly

48. Blessed

49. Hoping

50 Praying

51. Wishing

52. Mighty

52. Powerful

53. Heroic

54. Like Superman

55. And Chuck Norris

56. And why not add Spiderman

57. Success

58. No longer Stressed

59. Life, Liberty

60. And the Pursuit of Happiness

61. Glourious

62. Like I'm born again

63. alive

64. Survived

65. Lovely

66. Stunned

67. Brilliant

68. Proud

69. Yet humiliated

70. Safe

71. Grand

72. Just Dandy

73. Magnificent

74. Holy Crap

75. Relaxed

76. Chill

77. Chillaxed

78. Prime

79 Champion-like

80. First-Class

81. Like I walked on the moon

82. and the sun

83. and jumped into a volcano

84. and then shot out

85. into a helicopter

86. and chopped up

87. and back in a again

88. and back out

89. and spread across the whole face of the planet

90. and I'm still alive

91. Revolutionized

92. Transformed

93. Defined

94. Mentally Muscular

95. Cool

96. Heavenly

97. Hosana

98. Exalted

99. Oh, Baby!

100. Sweet Mama!

Wow, that took longer than expected. Anyways Happy-Pretty-Much-the-Last-Day-of-AP-Euro-Day! And to add to that, Happy B-Day Matt! Hope you had a good one.

Slowly Returning

So, it's been about a month and a half since I last posted or commented. I've have now broken my record for isolation. With that I mind, I decided to start all over, to start nice and fresh. It's time to start pouring out all of these ideas that I have got bottled up in my head for the past month and a half. The hardest part was finding time to do it. Now that tennis is basically over, and just less than two weeks until the ap test (holy crapola), I am starting to find some spare time. Speaking of time, I'm pretty much out of it for today. Well, at least I have wiped off some of the dust that was accumulating on my keyboard and figured out my name and password after a few tries. See you soon.

Somebody's happy...

Well, to make a long story short, I just made the tennis team! Man, I couldn't believe that I actually made it. Even though the tryouts weren't really that tough (ok, they should've been easy for me), I was worried that I might get cut especially since I hadn't played for about three years or so until I started playing again last year. I don't really got a lot to say so to save your time let's just say I'm pretty happy.

Piece of Cake Quiz

First of all, sorry for the lack of posts/comments, I just wasn't in the mood.

As for this picture, who is this guy? If you pay any attention to tennis, it should be the easiest question of your life.

Sick

Sorry, I haven't posted or commented but I've been pretty busy. To top that off, I just got pretty sick a few days ago (that included being sick on Valentines but oh well) Anyways I'll try to catch up as soon as I can. Happy three day weekend!

Picture of me

Ok not really. But I just wanted to post this just to say how much I really love snowboarding. Whether it's carving down the slopes as fast as I can possibly go, or doing an 360 nose grab, (ok not really; I stink at jumps) it's awesome. There's just not much things that are more fun than going with a couple of buddies and having a good time going down the slopes

Top 50 Songs

At first I wanted to make a top 100 list from top to bottom but that's taking me way, way, way, and way too long. So I'm cutting it in half and not making it as well organized as I wanted to. Another thing to note is that these are all songs that I have, so there are some other songs that should be on here. Well anyways, here you go-

1. First time-Lifehouse

2. Over my Head-Fastball

3. Let it Be-Beatles

4. The Scientist-Coldplay

5. Wonderwall-Oasis

6. Just What I Needed-Cars

7. Who I Am Hates Who've I been-Relient K

8. Drops of Jupiter-Train

9. Maybe-Secondhand Serenade

10. Maybe I'm Amazed-Paul McCartney

11. Don't Stop Believin'-Journey

12. The Middle-Jimmy Eat World

13. Carry on Wayward Son-Kansas

14. April-Pleasant Tree

15. One-Three Dog Night

16. Bitter Sweet Symphony-Verve

17. Come Sail Away-Styx

18. Bad Day-Daniel Powter

19. The Last Song-All-American Rejects

20. That's All-Genesis

21. I Will Follow You Into the Dark-Death Cab for Cutie

22. Hotel California- Eagles

23. Yellow-Coldplay

24. ABC-Jackson 5

25. Just the Girl-Click 5

26. Superman-Five for Fighting

27. All at Once-The Fray

28. Vulnerable-Secondhand Serenade

29. Move Along-All-American Rejects

30. She Says-Howie Day

31. The Longest Time-Billy Joel

32. Miles Apart-Yellowcard

33. Time Won't Let Me Go-Bravery

34. Hey Jude-Beatles

35. Be my Escape-Relient K

36. Dust in the Wind-Kansas

37. Sister Christian-Night Ranger

38. Don't Stand So Close to Me-Police

39. Stolen-Dashboard Confessional

40. My Best Friend's Girlfriend-Cars

41. Empty Apartment-Yellowcard

42. Same Old Lang Syne-Dan Fogelberg

43. World-Five for Fighting

44. Swing, Swing-All American Rejects

45. Unknown-Lifehouse

46. Saturday in the Park-Chicago

47. Pictures of You-The Last Goodnight

48. Uptown Girl-Billy Joel

49. Faithfully-Journey

50. Take Me With You-Secondhand Serenade

Well that's it. I kinda wish I did some more but it's taking too long. Take note that I don't have any rap songs cuz that's how I roll (that's somewhat of a oxymoron). Anyways, I hope you liked it.

Bad, bad news

Most of guys must have already heard this but I thought it deserved a post. My new ipod nano was the greatest ipod I've ever had! Two days later, some jerk (sorry for the language) stole it had didn't think it would be a good idea to return it. As for now...I sit in a puddle of tears in my boredom (ok not really).

Car Quiz

I'm a Ford Mustang-

Sweet! This is one of my favorite cars.

You're an American classic -- fast, strong, and bold. You're not snobby or pretentious, but you have what it takes to give anyone a run for their money.

"Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

Dear iPhat: It's been fun, but now it's over

Although the so-called iPhat (or however you spell that) has had a good run it's gone now. Nonetheless I got it for a extrodinary deal. But today, I just got a new ipod nano! It's been better than I thought it was going to be and I've been doing nothing but listening to it all day since I got it. Well, to keep things short let's just say I'm a happy man.

The first blog of the year and my 10th blog aniversary

Unfortunately, I am in distress. At least for this blog. For the past couple of weeks I have not had any inspirational thoughts come to my mind on what to write about nor have I been in the mood to do so. So since it is my 10th blog aniversary (I know, what an accomplishment...) and being my first post of the year, I've decided to make some changes. First of all, I'm sick of Mondays and Monday Humor so I'm quiting that. Secondly, I put a new poll on my blog about what you like to read about, because I don't want to be the only person liking the stuff I'm writing. Hopefully I'll write something good soon!